I have also just begun teaching my daughter, Frannie, to knit. She is eight, soon to be nine. I tried about a year ago, but she wasn't into it - now she is - hooray! We sit and knit together - we even bring our knitting to Crumbs Bakeshop where we share a cupcake and knit together. I see people looking at us and smiling. Frannie is also a Brownie/Jr. Girl Scout - so for this year's birthday we are having a knitting party and all the scouts are invited. I am going to teach them how to knit - at least the knit stitch and they will each go home with a pair of adorable needles, some yarn, a small tote bag, printed instructions with photos, and a "2010 Knitting Fun" patch for their sashes.

I have been doing this with my daughter for a couple of years now. Often it works better with people other than me working with her. She has two projects going right now, a scarf that may never get finished, and she just started a little cowl with Blonde Chicken Boutiques' beginning knitter kit. It will be days in between her knitting, but I don't want to push her if she doesn't want to do it.

adorable video! thanks for sharing. i have tried to teach my 7- and 8-year olds to knit with little success. i am not an especially patient person in this regard but you have re-inspired me -- thanks! :)

Aww she's so adorable! I think it's so wonderful that you're teaching her how to knit at a young age, that's what I plan to do with my future children. I'm curious, what needles are you ladies using? They look like Lantern Moon Ebonys, but I could be wrong.

soooo sweet! I'm dreaming of this day with my little one too. Enjoy it!The rhyme I learned with when I was little was: In through the bunny hole Round the big tree Out through the bunny hole Off goes he.

Oh, I love this!! The memories of teaching both of my girls to crochet are some of the sweetest I have. My youngest, age 8, loves to curl up with HER basket of yarn and crochet with me. I haven't taught them to knit though...the crochet took over. Perhaps one day...

This is totally precious. My 4 year old niece has been asking me for a while. I told her that she has to learn to tie her shoes, and then she'll be ready :) This is encouraging to me because everyone else says to wait until they are older. Thanks for the video!

What fun! I remember teaching my daughter. You could also try finger knitting - then she is just using her hands and some yarn and not trying to manipulate the needles too - you end up with a long chain which she could make into a bracelet, a collar for a stuffed animal, etc.

Awww.... so adorable! Another little knitter has been born. My younger sister knitted random terrifying pieces that looked liked artifacts. Dropped stitches, it got wider and wider.But we loved and treasured them and she was so proud of them. Then a few weeks ago I saw she was knitting something and asked her what it was. She said she was going to knit something big, but she was going to purl the entire thing because.. "My purling is not that good and I need to improve it".I was floored.And she did it. Purled a whole scarf, in cream,worsted weight wool. She nearly burst off her buttons presenting it to Dad.

Here is the knitting rhyme we used: Under the fence, catch the sheep, back we come, over we leap.

That is so adorable! My 2 year old daughter says she wants to knit and pretends to knit things. I can't wait to show her. I just bought a pair of really large (as in number), but small (as in length), and blunt knitting needles for her to play with while I knit. The other day when I was organizing my craft supplies I found the pink knitting needles my Mom taught me how to knit on when I was little. I am so excited that I will be able to teach her on the same needles sometime in the near future! :D Thanks so much for the rhyme!

That's awesome! I've taught my 4 younger siblings to knit. They've all forgotten, but it was a riot teaching them! David(10) and Rosie(8) would see who got the farthest and made the least amount of mistakes each day. They really enjoyed the rhyme. I used the same one with a few different words "In through the front door, out through the back, lasso overhead, and off jumps Jack!" Thanks for bringing back that memory;)

I love your blog and your podcast! And it is so sweet that your daughter is starting to learn to knit! My 3 year old son likes to "knit" too - he stabs the yarn balls with my needles :) He'll often tell me that I have a nice sweater on... and he looks at chainlink fences and asks if they are knit(ed). Makes me smile everytime :)